Transport services (% of commercial service exports) in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Transport services (% of commercial service exports) was 19.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Transport services in Lower middle income, 1976–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
Lower middle income recorded 19.5% for transport services in 2025.
That represents a change of down 6.0% on the previous year and down 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, transport services in Lower middle income peaked at 34.8% in 1976 and was at its lowest, 17.8%, in 2018.
That places Lower middle income 20th out of 45 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 50 years of available data.
Transport services (% of commercial service exports) in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 34.8% | — |
| 1977 | 33.3% | -4.3% |
| 1978 | 33.6% | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 34.0% | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 31.5% | -7.3% |
| 1981 | 30.8% | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 30.1% | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 29.4% | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 29.6% | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 30.5% | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 26.1% | -14.3% |
| 1987 | 25.2% | -3.4% |
| 1988 | 29.7% | +17.6% |
| 1989 | 25.3% | -14.8% |
| 1990 | 26.1% | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 26.2% | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 25.3% | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 27.0% | +6.8% |
| 1994 | 27.9% | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 28.3% | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 27.6% | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 25.1% | -8.8% |
| 1998 | 22.0% | -12.4% |
| 1999 | 20.1% | -8.7% |
| 2000 | 19.3% | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 19.8% | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 19.0% | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 18.9% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 18.4% | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 24.9% | +35.2% |
| 2006 | 23.5% | -5.7% |
| 2007 | 22.7% | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 22.0% | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 21.5% | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 22.8% | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 23.4% | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 22.8% | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 22.1% | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 21.4% | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 21.7% | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 20.9% | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 17.9% | -14.3% |
| 2018 | 17.8% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 18.9% | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 22.6% | +19.4% |
| 2021 | 23.0% | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 21.8% | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 20.4% | -6.1% |
| 2024 | 20.8% | +1.7% |
| 2025 | 19.5% | -6.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Transport services (% of commercial service exports) in Lower middle income changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +35.2% | 18.4% | 24.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 33.9% | 33.3% | 34.8% | 4 |
| 1980s | 28.8% | 25.2% | 31.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 25.6% | 20.1% | 28.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.0% | 18.4% | 24.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.0% | 17.8% | 23.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.3% | 19.5% | 23.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
- 17 Azerbaijan 42.7% compare
- 18 Belarus 42.4% compare
- 19 Tajikistan 41.5% compare
- 20 Kiribati 41.0% compare
- 21 Faroe Islands 40.6% compare
- 22 Fiji 39.9% compare
- 23 Mongolia 38.6% compare
More private sector data for Lower middle income
- Merchandise trade 35.7% (2025)
- Food imports 9.0% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 52.9% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 1.56 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 415.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.8% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 52.1% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 1.06 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 598.75 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 358.3 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is transport services in Lower middle income?
- Transport services in Lower middle income was 19.5% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest transport services recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 34.8% in 1976.
- What is the lowest transport services recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.8% in 2018.
- How does Lower middle income rank for transport services?
- Lower middle income ranks 20th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is transport services rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lower middle income data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Transport services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Transport is the process of carriage of people and objects from one location to another as well as related supporting and auxiliary services. Also included are postal and courier services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.